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OutOfTheBlue


Not much to tell, just an amateur with nothing better to do.

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The Union, the powerful government that rules the entirety of mankind, has waged war on a faraway world. How will Jack, an unwilling conscript, deal with being captured by humanities most recent foe, ponies. Who will crack first, Jack, or his equestrian captors.

This story now has a sequel: Integration Is Pointless. Feel free to check it out, or don't, I'm not forcing you to.

Chapters (8)
Comments ( 217 )

I'm following you...

sounds interesting so far

8116206 Thank you, I hope I continue to hold your interest.

not bad... following

8118786 Thank you! I hope I don't disappoint.

This author has yet to learn that you shouldn't call a batpony a thestral. That species belongs to JK Rowling, and she'd never let them appear in MLP. She doesn't even like that people write fanfics about Harry Potter, so...

8119096 Oops, my bad, I'll change it. Thanks for the info!

When all else fails, black out.

Ok, looking forwards to where this could possibly go. Following.

8119772 Thank you! I hope I don't disappoint! And in regards to your earlier comment, I figured that waking up the prisoner of a buch of talking horses would be enough to make most people freak out.

8120150 I really hope to hear more about this Union, as it sounds like a total dystopia where any schmuck can get drafted, sent out undersupplied and lacking info, and expect to be killed for "treason" if they ever get caught, and all for some resources?

Honestly, I expect there to be some point for public opinion to turn heavily against the Union because of an argument that basically goes "this ia a planet full of magic, friendly, candy colored ponies, and we're the ones invading. Explain to me how we're not the bad guys."

8120254 Boom! You get it! That is exactly what I was going for! And I definitely will go into more detail later on in the story.

8120294 I also expect this:

"You'll never get me to crack!"

"Pwease Mistah?"

"GAAAAAH! TOO CUTE! I'LL TELL YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT!"

8120335 Maybe... probably... I might be planning it.

yup... a doctor xenophile, you're screwed.

"Now then, I want to know all about the scientific impossibilities possible only to your species-or in my bed, standing offer.- and use that knowledge to further ponykind as a general.

I feel sorry for the protag, being the specimin for such an insane[ly smart] individual, also i got that little reference there, kiddo

Ha ha ha this is great keep it comming.

Jeez this is more difficult than I thought. After all, how do you convince someone to cooperate with you when their entire life they've been conditioned to believe that a government that only thinks of you as a tool and will kill you for the slightest infraction is "normal"?

8120932 Apt choice of words.

8120932 Do you mean figuratively or literally.

8121310 Thanks! And, just a heads up, I do try to post a new chapter every other day or so.

8121390 And thus we get to the meat of the problem.

8121402 ha, knew it
Also good story so far
This story also gives me a kind of a TFTB vibe.
:moustache: I'll be watching to see where this goes

8121412 Good to know! Also, for reference, what is TFTB? It sounds familiar.

So not only was I canon fodder, but I was also being sent out alone for no real reason.

The government at its finest

8121865 Hooray for pointless endeavors!

8121851 tales from the borderlands, i see similarities.
Normal guy from evil corperation gets screwed over by evil corperation ( Rhys getting demoted to janitor / protag getting conscripted) goes to alien planet,
Meets the enemy ( prosperity junction / unicorn in the forrest) , conflict( Loader bot vs bandits / nervous breakdown) , finding out the enemy isn't so bad (deal going relatively well / caring ponies)
And (probably as it's whatever the player / you choose to do.) joining up with them.

I guess I'll follow the story. A little fast paced for me though. And some grammatical errors in there.

8121878 Huh, haven't played it. But hopefully that's a good thing that they're similar.

8121888 I'll try to keep that in mind, always got to be careful when writing these to avoid bad grammar and pacing.

Redacted due to spoiler tag not working

8122719 That explains the redacted part. I was curious.

8122762 if I can get it to work at home I will post it again

8119100 No problem. I was playing off your words in the story, so I'm sorry if I came off too snarky. ^.-.^'

8124361 Not at all! I took it as advice to improve the story. Though props to you for being polite.

Hey! In case you were wondering, yes, I purposefully tried to make this as heart melting as possible. Did it work? Are you jealous of Jack?

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So... I dunno, maybe a suggestion, but possibly consider adding a Dark tag due to the inherent awfulness of the Union? Maybe? I dunno, you should ask people more qualified than me first. Maybe put the suggestion in your next author's notes.

8125401 Good advice! I'll most definitely do that... if I remember.

"Hug?"
She sighed and said with a smile.
"Should have seem that coming."

:rainbowlaugh::rainbowlaugh::rainbowlaugh:

Um, small thing, but she called herself a bat pony, several times. Wasn't it stated earlier that you don't call Thestrals bat ponies? Or am I misremembering?

This was very cute though.:twilightsmile:

8125607 Why thank you, and no, you are not misremembering if you read before I changed it (I was informed of something that influenced me to change it so she says batpony.)

Curse you jack i whant to hug fluffy ponies.

8126052 Yay! Also, does that fall under the Charisma skill tree or the Perception one.

8126231 charisma, obviously

how's the next chapter coming along?
I'd rate this a 8/10 rignt now, can't wait to sè what you do with it

8131374 Writing it right now. I'm going to explore Jack's past a bit. Also I'll probably add a dark tag because the Union sucks.

"You're not fooling anyone."

Cross species relationships never work out in the end...

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